Art EdVentures

On the hunt for a meaningful (and manageable!) Mother’s Day art activity? 🌸

These plasticine flower vases are just what you need. They’re bright, tactile, and full of personality. Students can explore colour, texture, and composition while creating these eye catching artworks.

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Fauvist inspired Landscapes 🏞️

Bright colours, bold lines and expressive textures. This classroom activity is perfect for introducing students to the unique style of Fauvism. Start with a watercolour base to block in background colours and work over the top with chalk pastels or oil pastels to build detail.

ANZAC day field of poppies 🌸

Idea for ANZAC day activity. Create a field with oil pastels and work over the top with water colour paint to create a resist effect. Allow to dry and work over the top by stamping red poppies with acrylic paint and a sponge. Add more details with acrylic paint to finish.

Negative space poppies 🌸

Combining watercolour techniques and drawing techniques. Start with a textured watercolour base. Using a pen, draw the outline of poppies and fill in the space around the flowers with black marker. Draw on details of the poppies and then create another layer over the poppies using white pen. Work with a single line drawing technique or trial other drawing processes to add detail.

Happy year of the horse 🔥🐴

Extended colour wheel 🌈

Going beyond the standard colour wheel and exploring tone. Mixing tints and shades to create a tonal colour wheel and practice acrylic painting skills.

Heart Notan ❤️ simple collage activity explored by shape and balance

Paper portrait 💁‍♀️

Perfect for paper construction skills. This portrait lesson is a fun 3D alternative to classic portrait artworks. All you need is coloured paper, glue, scissors and a marker.

Keith Hating heart collage ❤️

Jim Dine heart activity using paint sticks and oil pastel ❤️ art

Keith Haring Inspired Hearts ♥️

Experiment with a simple paper stencil to create sponge prints. These printed hearts could be a perfect Valentine’s Day activity or be created as an artist study on Keith Haring. Explore Haring’s use of simple symbols, bold lines and vibrant colours.